Applying the Health Belief Model to cervical cancer screening
The aim of this study is to review published studies that examined factors influencing cervical cancer screening behavior using the Health Belief Model. MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases and manual search were used to identify articles. Critical review of the literature using the theoretical framework...
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2006
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| Summary: | The aim of this study is to review published studies that examined factors influencing cervical cancer screening behavior using the Health Belief Model. MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases and manual search were used to identify articles. Critical review of the literature using the theoretical framework of the Health Belief Model identified several factors influencing cancer screening uptake and compliance. Given that the application of the HBM is restrained by the emotional, social and environmental components that are characteristic in different subgroups of women at risk of getting cervical cancer, it is recommended that other variables from different behavioral approaches be taken in to account when health and educational strategies are going to be implemented. |
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